Ethan Colchamiro

Okay, this is quite outstanding from Bedford Council.

I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.

Kept with our family tradition of spending Super Bowl Sunday out and about while everyone was at home watching. Had a great brunch at a local diner and saw a movie with maybe 2 other people in the theater.

A ★★★ review of Send Help (2026) Overall it mostly delivers on the premise. I think I expected it to go a little harder. Also, with the exception of an early scene, the film is mostly devoid of that signature Sam Raimi visual flair. ...

Still trying to decide exactly what SEND HELP was trying to say, or who's side it was on, but it was certainly an entertaining picture!

Annual reminder, for whoever needs it, that media outlets light the groundhog reveal so that no shadows are able to be cast. They switch off every year if the dude see's his shadow or not. Stay warm and toasty, my friends!

Chicago Crossing Guard Carries Students To Safety In Frigid Temps After Water Main Break A slurry of icy water flooded an intersection near Jamieson Elementary School Thursday morning. But crossing guard Joe Sass saved the day.

Not all heroes wear capes! Some have yellow and orange vests. blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/22/c...

YouTube video by Amazon MGM Studios Masters of The Universe – Official Teaser Trailer

Bringing this into the real world seems like such a big misstep. They made the same mistake in the 80s movie. I get why a studio would be nervous in the 80s to make the whole thing in Eternia, but in a post LOTR, GOT, MCU, DnD, BBQ world audiences can handle a fantasy world on its own.

45 films seems low for last year, I know I wasn't as good about logging everything I saw in '25. Sinners was another favorite from last year, but I guess @letterboxd.social only shows your top 3.

2025 was the first year I've achieved, much less exceeded my Goodreads reading challenge. The books that moved me the most this year were The Anxious Generation, Gender Magic, Your Face Belongs to Us by @kashhill.bsky.social, Burn it Down, and Lost in the Stream by @jeffrauseo.com

Terry Gross Conducts ‘Fresh Air’ Interview On Bluetooth During Uber Shift Rideshare Driving Subsidizes In-Depth Conversations On News And Culture

Terry Gross Conducts ‘Fresh Air’ Interview On Bluetooth During Uber Shift
https://theonion.com/terry-gross-conducts-fresh-air-interview-on-bluetooth-during-uber-shift/

Delivery Robots Take Over Chicago Sidewalks, Sparking Debate And A Petition To Hit 'Pause' As companies dispatch more of the app-based food delivery robots into neighborhoods, some Chicagoans are sounding the alarm, citing safety and accessibility concerns.

This WALL-E reboot sucks.

The Batman effect: The mere sight of the 'superhero' can make us more altruistic If "Batman" appears on the scene, we immediately become more altruistic: in fact, research conducted by psychologists from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, shows that the sudden appear...

Not the study we deserve, but the study we need: “When a pregnant woman boarded a subway car, thirty-eight-percent of the time someone offered her a seat. If someone dressed as Batman was also in the car it rose to sixty-eight-percent”

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Ethan's review of Your Face Belongs to Us 4/5: An eye-opening and terrifying read. The author presents an account of the creation of the powerful and potentially dangerous Facial Recognition software known as Clearview AI. A classic case of “...

Anyone concerned with privacy (which should be everyone, no?) would do well to give this book a read.

The Illustrator Who Enlivens Menus, Merchandise, and More for the Restaurants of Lettuce Entertain You Alex Payne draws the elaborate cocktails of the Three Dots and a Dash menu, the comic-book style illustrations at Sushi-san, and much more, in a unique restaurant industry job.

I love this article so much. Talk about a dream job.

How Kiss’ Ace Frehley Made ‘New York Groove’ His Own The Kiss guitarist, who died on Thursday at 74, scored his only Top 20 solo hit with a cover that’s endured for decades.

Ace Frehley, the Kiss guitarist who died on Thursday at 74, scored his only Top 20 solo hit with a cover of “New York Groove” that’s endured for decades. His take was louder and flashier than the original, adding more riffs and backing vocals.

I was worried this news was coming soon. Still heartbreaking. Ace ♠ was a true Rock and Roll superhero. He inspired me and countless others to pick up the guitar. Rest well, Spaceman.

The Long Walk (2025) In a dystopian, alternate-America ruled by a totalitarian regime, 50 teenage boys take part in a deadly annual walking contest, forced to maintain a minimum pace or be executed, until only one survivo...

This was a tough watch but I’m glad I saw it.

DC Comics declares it will never use generative AI DC Comics declares it will never use generative AI

Kudos to DC Comics, Jim Lee and Anne DePies for taking a stand. I hope the rest of the major comic book publishers follow their lead.

Ah, thanks for calling that out. I’m still rocking the 13 Pro Max.

This is great! Mine came up as Zero. Thanks.

She bristles against the term “AI Slop” but that’s exactly what she’s describing: “We might make a pollen podcast that maybe only 50 people listen to, but I’m already at unit profitability on that, and so then maybe I can make 500 pollen report podcasts,”

5,000 Podcasts. 3,000 Episodes a Week. $1 Cost Per Episode — Behind an AI Start Up’s Plan Former Wondery exec Jeanine Wright is leading a new firm, Inception Point AI, that's betting on flooding the zone with audio content: “I think that people who are still referring to all AI-generated c...

This is pure nightmare fuel. Why would anyone want to listen to these podcasts? I don’t want to live in the world that Ms. Wright is envisioning.

Orson Welles’ Lost Movie Will Use AI to Reconstruct Missing 43 Minutes Amazon-backed firm Showrunner, led by Edward Saatchi, is using the film as a test case for how Hollywood can overhaul production. The results won't be commercialized — the tech giant hasn't obtained r...

There are no words to describe how much I hate this.

Cyber trucks are like the house centipedes on the carpet of our roadways.

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I didn't feel old when FB or IG recommended my friend's kids accounts to me. But now LinkedIn is recommending their professional accounts...

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Ethan's review of Lost in the Stream 5/5: This is an excellent book for anyone who fancies themselves a cinephile or movie lover. Especially if you miss the days of chatting with video store clerks trying to find that next great unsung g...

Just finished this excellent book by @jeffrauseo.com A must read for cinema lovers.

A ★★★★ review of Superman (2025) I really wanted to love it and be moved by it and have it be one for the ages, like Spider-Man 2 or something. As it was, I just really enjoyed it, instead of loving it. A lot of characters, even ones...

Seen it twice now, and liked it even more the second time.

Losing Malcolm-Jamal Warner and Ozzy Osbourne in 24 hours is surreal. Such icons of my 80s childhood.

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Materialists is one of the best movies I’ve seen this year. Maybe tied with Sinners as my favorite of 2025 so far.